Johnny Tupperoni; US Marine and infamous ladies’ man has
found himself naked and tied to a bed with no memory of how he got there! The
one thing he does remember though is the sassy woman in the red satin dress
with angel wings tattooed across her back.

Destiny is a desperate woman. Her younger brother’s been
abducted and she knows exactly who has him. She’ll do anything to get him
back—even kidnap the one man with the experience to pull off her dangerous
plan. Why? Because next to her, no one wants to avenge Samuel Tre’ago against
the crimes he’s committed more than Johnny Tupperoni.

A common enemy will unite them…but will Destiny’s secret be
the weapon that ultimately destroys them?

His mission: infiltrate the woman in possession of the
information—retrieve said information – don’t look back.

Her mission—survive the sudden invasion that is Jason
Nash—remain in control of her senses and don’t fall in love with the bad boy!

Jason Nash had the life any testosterone fuelled male would
envy; a job he loved, freedom and the income to buy whatever new plaything took
his interest. The last thing he needed was a woman who came with a ready-made
family to mess up his plans.

Briella Matheson found out the hard way that bad boys were
bad news. What she needed was someone reliable, safe and well…boring. Boring
was good. Unfortunately, what she got was Jason Nash and he was anything, but
boring…he was trouble!

For years, Cheyenne
Carson clawed her way up from her meager upbringing and strove to distance
herself from the skeletons of her past. Finally success is within her grasp. A
journalist for the music magazine, The Sound Wave, the assignment of a lifetime
just landed in her lap: an all access pass to tour with the British rock band,
Fury. Their latest album went triple platinum and they've never granted
interviews. Once her assignment begins, Fury's tour explodes in a Molotov
cocktail of sex, scandal, and violence that threatens to ruin Fury's quest for
worldwide success. Can Cheyenne navigate her treacherous path unscathed, or
will the demons of her past poison her blossoming career?

Have you ever felt a hunger so intense it blinds you from
everything else in your life?

For Claire
Moore, her hunger for justice is her coping mechanism, her reason for getting
out of bed each morning, struggling to face her day to day life alone after her
father and brother were violently taken from her.

Other nineteen
year olds are at parties and studying at University, living the fun naïve life
of a teenager, but in the world of Claire, there was nothing left for her other
than the desperate hunger for justice.

Unfortunately it’s this hunger that’s driven
everyone who cares for her away, unable to watch her place herself in danger
any longer and that includes her teenage love, Talon Baker.

But true love never really dies and after
stumbling upon information to the identity of their murderers, together Talon
and Claire are hunted until they can figure out the clues her father left for
them.

Through her hunger for justice, Claire grows
by relinquishing control of her fight and allowing others to love her, even
though the fear of losing them is too excruciating bear.

A lot’s happened since Claire’s world turned
upside down. No longer alone and now an enrolee in the NSW Police Academy,
things are finally turning around. Claire hasn’t given up on her quest for
justice; she’s allowing herself to share her life while perusing it. But when a
call for help comes in from her friend Jess whose been attacked and isn’t the
first victim, her plans are placed on hold. With her officer boyfriend, Talon
by her side Claire’s set on a new quest to find out who the serial rapist of
Lakes End is before he strikes again and Jess can finally feel safe. But what
happens when Claire is forced to face some truths she had hidden long ago?

Can her heart
let go of the need for vengeance to make room for love of her life.

A jilted
bride, a sexy fireman, a tropical island, a fear of the ocean, a fear
of commitment, a new neighbour, an old flame, a secret identity – this is
the
story of HEARTS AFIRE.
Cassie Callahan is
not having a great day. First her fiancé jilts her hours before the wedding and
then her sister sets off the alarm and sprinklers at her catering business
soaking the wedding banquet and bringing the fire department.
When Jack Urquhart the cute fireman offers her a shoulder to cry on both feel an
instant attraction but each knows the other is not what they need.
Hearts Afire takes them on a journey from Sydney’s inner-west to Tropical North
Queensland, and back, in search of and avoidance of love.
Will they realise that there is no risk at all in trusting your heart to the
right person or not?

Allegra Johnson (Ally)is
independently wealthy she runs a charming second-hand bookshop in beachside
Manly. Heck, sometimes she even goes downstairs from her
flat to run the shop in her Chinese silk pyjamas. It sounds like bliss. But is
it enough?
When dog-phobic Allegra is rescued from an exuberant canine by the chivalrous
Teddy Green, Australia’s hottest TV celebrity and garden make-over guru, her
life begins to change. Dramatically!
Unaware of Teddy’s fame Allegra finds herself falling for him, despite her best
attempts to resist his charm. Supported by her eccentric family and her
fabulous gay friend Justin, Allegra embarks on an on-again off-again romance
with Teddy, complicated by his jealous ex-girlfriend and her own narcissistic
hippy mother Moonbeam.
Will Ally be able to overcome her insecurities and find happiness with this
possible Mr Right or will Teddy’s celebrity lifestyle prove to be too much?
Unaware of Teddy’s fame Allegra finds herself falling for him, despite her best
attempts to resist his charm. Supported by her eccentric family and her
fabulous gay friend Justin, Allegra embarks on an on-again off-again romance
with Teddy, complicated by his jealous ex-girlfriend and her own narcissistic
hippy mother Moonbeam.
Will Ally be able to overcome her insecurities and find happiness with this
possible Mr Right or will Teddy’s celebrity lifestyle prove to be too much?

The
disappearance of Matt’s sister stirs old wounds still raw from the death of
their parents in a freak accident years before. When police contact Matthew to
notify him of the mysterious events surrounding her kidnapping, he can’t help
but feel that his introuvable ways hold him partly to blame.

As Matt
tries to track Dree down, he realizes that someone’s version of the truth is
being distorted to redirect the investigation. Struggling for answers, he is
brought one step closer to the demons of his past, present and future.

Specialist
forces are tasked to find the kidnapper of a wealthy heiress, but they
ultimately stumble upon a killer without compunction. With Detective Scott
Balen leading the case, he finds the deeper he becomes involved with trying to
catch the killer everyone is looking for, the closer he comes to finding love
with the one woman he should perhaps stay away from.

From
the Australian landscape to the hills of Italy, iconic landmarks provide the
backdrop for a family with secrets. A psychotic killer you’ll love to hate and
an eclectic group of hit-men on a mission will prove there can only be one
winner.

A psychotic serial arsonist is on the loose and he’s
got more in mind than his burning obsession. Walker
has always loved the thrill of a good fire, but lately his thoughts have turned
to more disturbing fantasies. As he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake, he
inadvertently lands across the paths of CIU Detectives.

Lead Detectives
of the Arson and Explosive crime investigation unit in Melbourne, Folgari and
Switzer find they have more in common than the love of their job. As Jenni Folgari
unlocks the secrets of her past, she will face a sordid family history while
trying to keep her professional life intact. As passions rise and lines are
blurred, it’s a game of cat and mouse as they close in on the killer.

From state to
state Walker is hunted like the animal he is, but can they put the cuffs on the
suspect everybody is looking for, before he strikes too close to home?

After
being attacked in Court by a sex offender, prosecutor Calliope Marchant wants
to rest and heal. But after a chance meeting with her first love Mitch Taylor,
she decides to reignite their tempestuous affair. Thinking some sizzling sex
with no emotional attachment is just what she needs, she doesn’t count on
falling for Mitch.

When Mitch
sees Callie again, the pain of the past rears up, as well as the promise of a
future he wants to grab. But can he let her know who he really is? Will she be
a willing participant in his unusual sexual needs?

Computer
whizz Julian Wilde has a month booked at an island hideaway to finish his PhD,
but when he arrives, sexy oyster farmer Natasha Barri grabs him thinking he’s a
burglar and suddenly asthma isn’t the only thing making Julian breathless. The
house has been double booked so they’re forced to share and Julian readily
agrees to cook, hoping to use the voodoo potions he’s discovered online to make
Tasha fall in love with him. Disaster follows debacle as Julian tries to
impress her, and she tries not to kill him. Read Goddess & the Geek to see if Julian can crack open Tasha’s
hermit-shell heart and prove he’s the geek for her...

Kissing movie star Grant West may be every
teenage girl’s dream, but when it happens to Sydney Kane, it’s nothing but a
nightmare. Now her face is all over gossip sites and cheerleaders are trying to
befriend her, reporters keep calling, and her mother keeps chasing her with a
curling iron so she won't be caught with flat hair ever again. All Sydney wants
is to be left alone, but then Grant shows up at her door begging for a second
chance and the more she gets to know him, the more she isn't sure she wants him
to go away. Everything is a mess and Sydney doesn’t know what to do, who to
choose, or how to make those pesky cheerleaders leave her alone. She only knows
one thing for sure, being STARKISSED isn’t a dream come true at all.

Paramedic
Emily Boudreaux believes New Orleans is the perfect place for a young trauma
junkie to see some action.Years pass,
and the job brings nothing but strife. Emily decides to make a fresh start by
returning to her roots. She moves to the small town of Green Bayou,
Louisiana.But, small town life offers
far more tumult than she remember.

Mystery, excitement,
deceit, and passion run rampant along the murky waters of Bayou Assumption. She
struggles with the decision of which man to love: her amazing, new Paramedic
partner, Jacob Templet or her handsome, former high school sweetheart, Deputy
Pete Bergeron.

Her ultimate struggle
won't involve the decision of which man to be with. It is a quest for her
personal survival! Praying to get out of a disastrous situation alive, Emily
hopes that going home won't be the wrong decision.

Awakenings (A Green Bayou Novel Book Two) Rhonda R. Dennis

Though Paramedic Emily Boudreaux looks forward to her
upcoming marriage, turmoil abounds again! After running off a series of new partners,
she is forced to admit that the emotional scars from her recent abduction are
worse than she thought. A nice, long beach vacation with friends should make
things all better, right? Wrong!

Her drug-addicted
ex-partner is still stalking her. A new ER doctor joins the hospital staff and
makes it no secret that he’s interested in Emily. An iron-fisted new Sheriff,
Holden Dautry, fires half of the department when he assumes command. Even
though Bert and Pete make the initial cut, Emily learns that Pete has been
keeping secrets from her. Just when Emily thinks she can’t handle any more bad
news, tragedy strikes. Reeling from the blow, her world is turned upside down.
Emily’s going to need help awakening from this newest nightmare, but will help
come fast enough?

Lucien Nazaire flees his Haitian homeland and
meanders around the United States for decades. He settles in a Wisconsin
trailer park filled with elderly tenants. He meets sixteen year old Jake. Lucien invites the boy into the world of
Voodoo.Jake LaRue lives in foster care with his abusive
uncle. The Voodoo lessons give him a sense of power within an otherwise
helpless situation. Despite his loner status, he instantly connects with Henry.Fifteen year old Henry Novak has Asperger’s
Syndrome. He fixates on historical events, most recently the 2010 Haitian
earthquake. Like Jake, he becomes passionate about Voodoo. They learn how to
cast spells on those they hate and lust.After the Haitian earthquake, Henry convinces
his family to volunteer. Their mission turns into a nightmare when he
mysteriously walks off of the campsite.Amazon

Layla Jennings is a fiery, independent and level headed nineteen year old. Always playing by the rules and doing what’s right, she has been the apple of her father’s eye and her mother’s treasure. But moving to college in Long Beach is about to turn Layla’s world upside down. With the gorgeous, pierced, guitar playing, wannabe rock star Oliver living across the hall, Layla finds herself thrown into a world of music, money, torn friendships and blood simmering sexual tension.But on taking a job in a local coffee shop she meets the deliciously handsome Jared Garrett. Convincing herself that he is a waste of oxygen she tries to put the young successful business man out of her mind. But when he continues to show up she finds herself constantly thinking of him. Dazzled by his boyish good looks and discovering a whole new world of carnal and erotic pleasures, Layla finds herself falling head over heels in love. However, Jared is holding a vital secret and she is unsure if she can truly trust him.

Nineteen year old Sophie Matthews is a line-walker between two worlds - human and werewolf. She lives around humans but is never truly part of their world. That is, until she is spotted by a hiker. What should have been a passing glance becomes so much more. Suddenly her world turns upside down when she falls for the one thing she is forbidden from ever having: a human mate.

Old traditions reign supreme in Sophie’s world. Stunning revelations about her ancestry threaten everything she has worked hard to build. The day is coming when she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice or risk losing everything, including her family. Can this female Alpha keep control amidst the chaos or will she be torn apart by the ones who should follow her?

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Caleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. Kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. For twelve years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. Finally, the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a new nature. If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was.

Eighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place. Blindfolded and bound, there is only a calm male voice to welcome her. His name is Caleb, though he demands to be called Master. Olivia is young, beautiful, naïve and willful to a fault. She has a dark sensuality that cannot be hidden or denied, though she tries to accomplish both. Although she is frightened by the strong, sadistic, and arrogant man who holds her prisoner, what keeps Olivia awake in the dark is her unwelcome attraction to him.

Have you ever felt a hunger so intense it blinds you from everything else in your life?For Claire Moore, her hunger for justice is her coping mechanism, her reason for getting out of bed each morning, struggling to face her day to day life alone after her father and brother were violently taken from her.Other nineteen year olds are at parties and studying at University, living the fun naïve life of a teenager, but in the world of Claire, there was nothing left for her other than the desperate hunger for justice.Unfortunately it’s this hunger that’s driven everyone who cares for her away, unable to watch her place herself in danger any longer and that includes her teenage love, Talon Baker.But true love never really dies and after stumbling upon information to the identity of their murderers, together Talon and Claire are hunted until they can figure out the clues her father left for them.Through her hunger for justice, Claire grows by relinquishing control of her fight and allowing others to love her, even though the fear of losing them is too excruciating bear.

Wendy & Kerri- Blindsided #1 in the Sentinel Security Series By Karlene Blakemore-MowleHis mission: infiltrate the woman in possession of the information—retrieve said information – don’t look back.Her mission—survive the sudden invasion that is Jason Nash—remain in control of her senses and don’t fall in love with the bad boy!Jason Nash had the life any testosterone fueled male would envy; a job he loved, freedom and the income to buy whatever new plaything took his interest. The last thing he needed was a woman who came with a ready-made family to mess up his plans.Briella Matheson found out the hard way that bad boys were bad news. What she needed was someone reliable, safe and well…boring. Boring was good. Unfortunately, what she got was Jason Nash and he was anything, but boring…he was trouble!

Elizabeth & Kerri- The Sea Of Tranquility By Katja Milay (was indie, now traditional) I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.

Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.

Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.

The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.

Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart.
Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she's ever known, far behind.
With a purse, a cell phone and a small bag with a few necessities, Camryn, with absolutely no direction or purpose boards a Greyhound bus alone and sets out to find herself. What she finds is a guy named Andrew Parrish, someone not so very different from her and who harbors his own dark secrets. But Camryn swore never to let down her walls again. And she vowed never to fall in love.
But with Andrew, Camryn finds herself doing a lot of things she never thought she'd do. He shows her what it's really like to live out-of-the-box and to give in to her deepest, darkest desires. On their sporadic road-trip he becomes the center of her exciting and daring new life, pulling love and lust and emotion out of her in ways she never imagined possible. But will Andrew's dark secret push them inseparably together, or tear them completely apart?

Alex Thompson's life is following the script. A pre-law student at Columbia University, she's focused on her grades, her life and her future. The last thing she needs is to reconnect with the boy who broke her heart.

Dylan Paris comes home from Afghanistan severely injured and knows that the one thing he cannot do is drag Alex into the mess he's made of his life.

When Dylan and Alex are assigned to the same work study program and are forced to work side by side, they have to make new ground rules to keep from killing each other.

I had to wait 24 hours before I could review this gut wrencher. No Joke.Now, please don't give up when you think the beginning is a tad slow- believe me, it gets better. Like, WAY BETTER.I have a new boy book crush in Andrew and I must say that I now need a new tat.The sexual tension is high-man is it high and when it's on it's H.O.T!Now this is where the peak of my emotions step in because there was a time I text a friend who had read it already and I asked in a panic if .........was going to happen and she said to just keep reading, so I did.Then the next epic moment happens and the tears begin and peeps they didn't stop.I couldn't even see the freakin words and I was wiping my face like it was heavy rain.My father in-law pops in at this stage and there I am in my pyjamas still with a tangled mess in my hair and my eyes are blood shot. "What's wrong?" he asks in concern and I do the lip quiver and say, "it's this book I'm reading." It was like I grew another head was the look on his face. He's not a reader so he doesnt get it.Anyway, he leaves and I jump right back into the gut wrenching pages and begin to sob again to a point where (and I'm sure once you read it , you will know) I have to put it down and I think I will never pick it up again, go online and post to my BA bookgroup and An Indie Affair facebook group that I hate them all for recommending this read. But my intrigue does me in and I pick it up and continue and I am so very glad I did. SO. GLAD.The Edge Of Neverwas a roller-coaster ride of emotions and I loved it. LOVED it.I called my said friend and confessed my forty minute cry and she laughed at me. She didn't cry but she did love it so I know you will love it too.Thank you J.A Redmerski.

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